| 词汇 | attempt |
| 释义 | attempt verb[ T ] uk /əˈtempt/ us /əˈtempt/ B1 to try to do something, especially something difficult: （尤指为完成难事而进行）努力，尝试 [ + to infinitive ]He attempted to escape through a window.他企图跳窗逃跑。 He attempted a joke, but no one laughed.他开了个玩笑，试图调节气氛，但没有一个人笑。 There's no point in even attempting an explanation - he'll never listen.试图去解释是毫无意义的——他根本不会听。 to try to do something tryI'll try to call her again. attemptI have never attempted to run a marathon. endeavourUKEngineers are endeavouring to locate the source of the problem. seekThey sought to reassure the public. battleHe was battling to fix the roof in the rain. striveWith limited resources, they are striving to make the school a better one. Study the examples first of all, then attempt the exercises on the next page.首先仔细研究一下例题，然后试着做下一页的习题。 "It would be stupid to attempt the journey in the dark." "Precisely," he answered.“想在黑暗中走这段路很傻。”“的确如此，”他答道。 The pilot attempted a crash-landing on the beach. The two explorers attempted an unaided walk across the South Pole.两位探险者试图独自徒步穿越南极点。 Make sure the rope is firmly attached before attempting to climb down it. Trying and making an effort A game all out assault attempted backwards commitment go after someone go all outidiom go down swinging/fightingidiom go for itidiom go for someone nose shoot for the moonidiom shoot the worksidiom smarten (someone/something) up smarten up your actidiom spare square the circleidiom stretch struggle attempt noun[ C ] uk /əˈtempt/ us /əˈtempt/ attemptnoun[C] (ACT OF TRYING)B2 the act of trying to do something, especially something difficult: （尤指为完成难事而进行的）努力，尝试 [ + to infinitive ]She made a few half-hearted attempts to join in their conversation.他们谈话时，她半心半意地插了几句话。 make an attemptThe doctors made one last desperate attempt to save the boy's life. make no attemptHe made no attempt to be sociable.他不合群，也不试图去改变这一点。 attempt atThis is my second attempt at the exam.这是我第二次去参加那个考试。 None of our attempts at contacting Dr James was successful.我们多次试图和詹姆斯博士取得联系，但都没有成功。 in an attempt to do something as a way of trying to do something: They closed the road in an attempt to reduce traffic in the city. Many painters turned to graphic design in an attempt to earn a living. an attempt on someone's life an act of trying to kill someone: 谋杀（某人的）企图 This is the third attempt on the President's life.这是今年第三次有人企图刺杀总统。 The government has launched a new road safety campaign in an attempt to reduce the number of road accidents.政府发起了一场新的行车安全运动，目的是减少道路交通事故。 My second attempt at making flaky pastry was a bit more successful. They had to abandon their attempt to climb the mountain.他们被迫中止登山计划。 They have begun to vaccinate children in an attempt to check the spread of the disease.为了控制疾病的蔓延，他们开始给孩子们注射疫苗。 Trying and making an effort A game all out assault attempted backwards commitment go after someone go all outidiom go down swinging/fightingidiom go for itidiom go for someone nose shoot for the moonidiom shoot the worksidiom smarten (someone/something) up smarten up your actidiom spare square the circleidiom stretch struggle attemptnoun[C] (IN SPORT)an act of trying to score a goal in a game of football or move the ball forwards in American football: （足球比赛中的）射门 Chelsea had several attempts on goal in the first 15 minutes.切尔西队在开场15分钟内就有好几次射门。 Washington is averaging under six yards per passing attempt. Football/soccer 18-yard box 2 3 5 4 3 2 1 4 4 2 4 5 1 football boot football player football pools football pyramid footgolfer footy premiership promedios rabona reducer relegation zone sweeper the Football League treble woodwork You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: American football attempt | American Dictionaryattempt verb us/əˈtempt/ to try to make or do something: [ T ]The team’s quarterback attempted only 12 passes during the entire game. [ + to infinitive ]Don’t attempt to do these tricks at home. attempt noun[ C ] us/əˈtemt/ the act of trying to make or do something: [ + to infinitive ]The pilot made several attempts to regain control of the aircraft. An attempt on someone’s life is an act of trying to kill that person: a failed attempt on the president’s life Examples of attemptattempt It was an attempt to get his support for their plans so far as they themselves understood them. This indicator aimed to validate teachers' approach to lesson planning while attempting to link teacher thinking and administrator thinking through a shared discourse. The oboe, on the other hand, offers very little for the eye, though some players attempt to compensate for this with grand gestures. When children attend to the input and repeatedly attempt to parse it, their performance undergoes a qualitative change. The intention of a quick perusal of such a table is to observe trends, not attempt to produce statistical evidence. He attempted to create architecture directly out of what he called 'nature's organic structural thoughts'. Yet the attempt to account for the value of happiness in purely hedonic terms seems to miss something. Despite numerous attempts to estimate the level of returns to scale in the data, there is no broad agreement in the literature on its value. In other words, in refusing to attribute any role to crime, these studies are forced into the same zero-sum framework they attempt to challenge. It will be important for future work to continue to address these issues by attempting to differentiate lexical from phonological representations. It draws on important insights associated with other theodicies, but attempts to get past their alleged shortcomings. Having random police patrols apprehend only some "unsuccessful" attempting criminals is not unfair even when such patrols miss other attempting criminals. We did not attempt to estimate the spatiotemporal structure of the receptive fields of complex cells. Two students directly compared technical problems with the process of analysis in their attempts to apply analytical methods in solving technical problems. It sometimes took the form of attempts to introduce new social groups into the workforce and following an old practice to diversify its social composition. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. Collocations withattemptattemptThese are words often used in combination with attempt. Click on a collocation to see more examples of it. abortive attempt Here, then, the video link was used to recover and carry forward an abortive attempt at speech. ambitious attempt Neural organization is a bold and ambitious attempt to outline some of the common threads in the constant flux of neuroscience research. apparent attempt As shown below, the apparent attempt at fencestraddling is more significant than it seems. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. See all collocations with attempt |
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